Life Expectancy
Median Age in U.S.(in the U.S. today <2000> people over the age of 65
outnumber people who are teenagers - of all the humans who have ever lived and
reached the age of 65, more than 1/2 of them are alive today - the fastest
"growing" segment of the U.S. population, are people aged 85+)Source: Mayo Clinic Aging Well Project -http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9810/htm/aging.htm)

World
Population
US Population

Infant Mortality Rates

Population of Major Cities

Irrigated Crop
Land
% of Workforce Who Farm

Cars Sold

Work Hours Per
Week
Average Weekly Income (U.S.)

U.S. EVERY DAY LIFE IN 1900

- 1998
- 1 in 7 homes had a
bathtub
- 81% of the population has a VCR in the home
- 1 in 13 homes had a
telephone
- there are 2.3 TVs per household
- Brownie camera:
$1
- 20% of the U.S. is connected to the Internet
- lb. of sugar: $0.04 - lb. of sugar:
$0.43
- dozen eggs: $0.14
- dozen eggs: $1.12
- lb. of butter: $0.24
- lb. of butter $2.35